Perception of Childhood Obesity and Support for Prevention Policies among Latinos and Whites

Table 1

Sample characteristics.

	Latino (%); 𝑁=271	White (%); 𝑁=393	𝑃-value
Age
19–24	15.2	10.4	<0.001*
25–34	35.3	28.8
35–44	30.1	16.8
45–54	13.8	18.6
55–64	5.2	17.0
65 and over	0.4	8.4
Sex
Female	67.4	65.6	0.65
Level of education
Less than high school	35.6	1.8	<0.001*
High school graduate or equivalent	25.3	10.7
Some college	25.3	23.2
Bachelor’s degree	5.7	36.6
Professional or graduate degree	8.0	27.7

∗Significant findings.